The art of the impossible: Political symbolism, and the creation of national identity and collective memory in post-Soviet Turkmenistan

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1167-1187

  Denison, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMORY; NATIONAL IDENTITY; POLITICAL CHANGE; POST-COMMUNISM; STATE BUILDING; SYMBOLISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; TURKMENISTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 70449450408     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: 14653427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09668130903068715     Document Type: Article

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